Trypanosomiasis

Introduction: Trypanosomiasis

Description of Trypanosomiasis

Trypanosomiasis: Any disease caused by a trypanosome. SYN: trypanosomosis.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Trypanosomiasis: infection with protozoa of the genus Trypanosoma causes diseases including African Sleeping Sickness and Chaga's disease in humans, and nagana and surra in animals.
Source: CRISP

Trypanosomiasis: Infection with protozoa of the genus TRYPANOSOMA.
Source: MeSH 2007

Trypanosomiasis as a Disease

Trypanosomiasis (medical condition): See Trypanosomiasis (disease information).
  »Introduction: Trypanosomiasis

Trypanosomiasis: Related Diseases

Trypanosomiasis: Trypanosomiasis is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Parasitic Conditions

More information on medical condition: Trypanosomiasis:

• Information about Trypanosomiasis
• Basic Summary for Trypanosomiasis
• Misdiagnosis of Trypanosomiasis

Trypanosomiasis: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Trypanosomiasis:

• American trypanosomiasis
• Chagas disease
• chagasic heart disease
• chagasic megaesophagus
• chagoma
• chronic Chagas disease
• chronic chagasic cardiopathy
• contraction band necrosis
• dyspepsia
• focal myonecrosis
• interstitial fibrosis

Terms associated with Trypanosomiasis:

Related Topics

• Trypanocidal Agents

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Trypanosomiasis:

• Dourine
• Trypanosomiasis, African
• Trypanosomiasis, Bovine
• Chagas Disease

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Trypanosomiasis

• Mastigophora Infections

Source - MeSH 2007

• arthropod borne communicable disease
• protozoal infection

Source - CRISP

The term Trypanosomiasis can be used for:

• African sleeping sickness
• Chagas' disease
• nagana

Source: CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Trypanosomiasis:

• Glossinidae
• Reduviidae
• Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense
• Trypanosoma cruzi
• Trypanosomatina

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Trypanosomiasis

The following list attempts to classify Trypanosomiasis into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Parasitic Diseases
  • Protozoan Infections
    • Sarcomastigophora Infections
      • Mastigophora Infections
        • Trypanosomiasis

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